Rail-joint



{No Model.)

BLANT ON. RAIL JOINT.

Patented Mar. 21,1893,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH D. BLANTON, OF DOT,

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,816, dated March21, 1893. Application filed October 8, 1892. Serial No. 448,208. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. BLANTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dot,

, in the county of Oolquitt and State of Georgia,

have invented a new and useful Rail Joint, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in rail joints.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive rail joint which will firmly hold the meeting ends of railsin proper position.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure l is a perspective view of a rail jointconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the rail chair,the rails being removed therefrom.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures of the drawingz.

1 designates a rail joint rail chair adapted to receive the meeting ends2 of rails, and comprising a base plate or bottom 3, and angle fishplate sides 4 receiving the rails between them, and conforming to theconfiguration of the rails. Each side 4 of the chair projects from theends of the bottom or base plate 3, and forms extensions 5 and 6 andprovides cross-tie receiving recesses 7 at the ends of the chair, inwhich are arranged cross-ties 8. The extensions are provided at theirouter sides with spike recesses 9 and the extensions 6 are the longer,and one of these extensions 6 is arranged at one end of the chair, andthe other extension 6 is arranged at the other end of the chair, therebyenabling the angle fish plate sides to brace the rails fora greaterdistance than they would were they disposed eX- actly opposite eachother. The cross-ties 8 fit snugly in the recesses formed by theextended portions of the sides a of the rail chair, and the bottom orbase plate 3 is of considerable thickness and extends down between thecrossties to which the chair is secured by means of spikes arranged inthe said recesses 9. This construction forms a firm, secure seat for theends of the rai1s,it enables rails to be rapidly laid and it forms ofthe rails practicallyacontinuous rail, thereby preventing the jarringincident to the Wheels of a train passing over the ends of the rails.

The spike recesses 9 are sufficiently large, that is, of greater lengththan the Width of a spike to permit the contraction and expansion of therail joint.

WVhat I claim is- A rail joint chair comprising a base plate or bottom3, and the angle fish plate sides formed integral with the bottom andextending therefrom to provide cross-tie receiving recesses and to formextensions 5 and 6 of unequal length, the extensions 6 being thdlongerand being arranged at "opposite ends of the chair, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aifixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH D. BLANTON.

Witnesses:

THOMAS CLEMENTS, E. H. BRYAN.

